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The Jimmie softball team huddles together prior to taking the field
La' Anna Golden / University of Jamestown
27
Winner Jamestown UJ 7-8
7
La Sierra LSU 5-18
Winner
Jamestown UJ
7-8
27
Final
7
La Sierra LSU
5-18
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Jamestown UJ 0 16 3 7 1 27 23 2
La Sierra LSU 7 0 0 0 0 7 7 5

W: Hairgrove, Maddie (2-1) L: D. Pfennig (1-3)

5
Arizona Christian ACU 5-8
13
Winner Jamestown UJ 8-8
Arizona Christian ACU
5-8
5
Final
13
Jamestown UJ
8-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Arizona Christian ACU 0 4 0 0 1 0 5 8 2
Jamestown UJ 5 0 0 2 0 6 13 15 3

W: Blair, Abby (2-4) L: H. Butcher (3-3) S: Ransome, Laura (4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball starts spring trip with two wins

TUCSON, Ariz. -- The University of Jamestown softball team scored a combined 40 runs on 38 hits Monday afternoon during the first day of the Tucson Invitational Games, defeating La Sierra University 27-7 in five innings and Arizona Christian 13-5 in six innings.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORES: Jamestown 27, La Sierra 7 (5 innings); Jamestown 13, Arizona Christian 5 (6 innings)
LOCATION: Lincoln Park / Tucson, Ariz.
RECORDS: Jamestown 8-8, La Sierra 5-18, Arizona Christian 5-8
JAMESTOWN VS. LA SIERRA
  • La Sierra scored seven times in the bottom of the first inning and chased Jimmie starter Hope Ransome after two-thirds of an inning.
  • Maddie Hairgrove (2-1) pitched the remaining 4 1/3 innings and was the beneficiary of UJ's 16-run second inning.
  • Twenty-one batters came to the plate, and 11 hits, four walks, and two errors later, Jamestown led 16-7.
  • Three runs in the third, seven more in the fourth, and one in the fifth pushed the lead to 27-7.
  • Maddie Spaeth was 4-for-5 with a pair of doubles, four RBI, and three runs scored.
  • Sydney Grendler drove in two runs and finished 3-for-3 at the plate.
  • Trinity Gregg also had a three-hit game, drove in three, and scored four times.
  • Lauren Weigel (3), Kayla Quintanilla (2), and Sam Vazquez (2) each had multiple RBI.
  • Vazquez and Natalie Draper both tripled, while Weigel, Quintanilla, Amanda Burch, and Kylie Yanzuk also had doubles.
JAMESTOWN VS. ARIZONA CHRISTIAN
  • Kaitlin McCartney hit a two-run home run and Maddie Spaeth doubled in two more as the Jimmies struck for a 5-0 lead after the first inning.
  • Arizona Christian rallied for four runs in the top of the second, and UJ held on to a 5-4 lead going into the bottom of the fourth.
  • Spaeth and Sidnie Aasen each drove in a run to make it 7-4.
  • ACU got within 7-5 but the Jimmies ended the game via run rule with six runs in the bottom of the sixth.
  • Spaeth, Lauren Weigel, Natalie Draper, and Tori Olson all drove in runs, with Olson's single scoring Kayla Quintanilla with the deciding run.
  • Abby Blair improved to 2-4 while allowing two earned runs in four innings, striking out two.
  • Laura Ransome worked the final two innings for her fourth save, giving up one hit and striking out two.
  • Spaeth (3-for-4, 4 RBI, 2 R), Quintanilla (2-for-4,) Draper (2-for-4), Kylie Yanzuk (2-for-3), and Sidnie Aasen (2-for-3) all had multiple hits for the Jimmies.
UP NEXT
  • Day two of the Arizona trip has Jamestown playing Concordia Ann Arbor on Tuesday at 12:00 PM Central, then taking on University of Saint Francis (Ill.) at 2:30 PM.
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